Synthesis of new enantiomerically pure monoketals of p-benzoquinone with C2-symmetry

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00400-7

Several new monoketals of p-benzoquinone with the structure of 1,3- dioxaspiro[4.5]deca-6,9-dien-8-one have been synthesised in enantiopure form by the straightforward reaction of the quinone with secondary C₂-symmetric 1,2-diols. The preparati